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• Genetic properties help identify illegally traded tropical hardwood

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/genetic-properties-help-identify-illegally-traded-tropical-hardwood

  Around 30-90 percent of all tropical hardwood is logged illegally. Checks on the origin of wood, however thorough, are not particularly effective because documentation may be fraudulent.

• The sweatband: the moral arbiter of our time?

  https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/sweatband

  Read the article "The sweatband: the moral arbiter of our time?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.

• Lorna Unwin

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/lorna-unwin

  We have learned, with sadness, of the recent passing of Professor Lorna Unwin, who was Director of the Centre for Labour Market Studies in the 2000s.

• Pioneering African mental health study receives millions in funding from Wellcome

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/neet

  A Wellcome-funded study led by the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the University of Leicester and others, aims to identify predictors of depression among NEET youth in Africa.

• Experts suggest Pokémon Go could ease Type 2 diabetes burden

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/2018pokemon-go-could-ease-type-2-diabetes-burden2019-says-expert

  Hundreds of students and staff around the University and city have caught Poké-fever, joining millions of people worldwide in playing viral mobile app Pokémon Go - a virtual reality treasure hunt where players walk to places in the real world to...

• Leicester Abbey and the missing remains of Cardinal Wolsey righthand man to Henry VIII

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/leicester-abbey-and-the-missing-remains-of-cardinal-wolsey-right-hand-man-to-henry-viii

  The discovery of Richard III and the subsequent research into his remains has helped to acquaint members of the public with the nation’s history – and now some have set their sights on the search for another lost historical figure in Leicester.

• Time to reflect on Holocaust Memorial Day

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/time-to-reflect-on-holocaust-memorial-day

  The origins of Nazi genocide will be explored at our University's annual Holocaust Memorial Day lecture at 6:00pm on Tuesday 24 January 2017.

• Inactive adults urged to get moving to avoid developing type 2 diabetes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/inactive-adults-told-to-2018get-moving2019

  People in Leicestershire are being ‘urged to get moving or risk jeopardising their health’, after research revealed adults in the county are among the most inactive in England.

• Leicester responds to sector financial pressures

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicester-responds-sector-financial-pressures

  The University of Leicester has invited staff to share feedback on proposals to secure its long-term future, amid growing pressures on the Higher Education sector across the UK.

• Colonial Countryside project featured on A Place in the Country

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/03-country-houses

  Children gathered around Beckford table Children gathered around Beckford table|ITV programme explores research into connections between English country houses, Africa, the Caribbean and East India Company.